Landscape Management, February 2010

CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2010 VOL 49 ISSUE 2 6 LM MARKET MATCH Weve made your life a little easier by supplying icons that direct you to stories targeting your core business B Business D B Design Build I Irrigation LC Lawn Care M Maintenance Landscape Management is now on Twitter and Facebook Get the latest news blogs and info by becoming a fan of the magazine on Facebook at http tiny cc MTfcH Or you can keep up to date with everything LM has to offer by following our tweets at twitter com LandscapeMgmt DIGITAL VAULT Select stories from our e newsletters Visit www landscapemanagement net enewsletters to sign up or view OUR MISSION Landscape Management the leading information resource for large successful lawn care landscape maintenance design build and irrigation professionals empowers Green Industry professionals to learn and grow from their peers and our exclusive business intelligence Serving as the industry conscience we not only report on but also help shape news views trends and solutions 1 FEBRUARY 2010 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET ON THE COVER Photo by IStock International Inc B I B 34 LC B LC B DEPARTMENTS 22 Lawn Care Pro NEW Eric Hansen Downers Grove IL BY RON HALL 24 Weed Watch NEW White clover Large crabgrass 27 LM Reports Fertilizers outfront mowers and attachments controllers tractors and accessories 34 Project Portfolio ISS Grounds Control installs the first multi level mixed use green roof terraces in Arizona 38 Problem Solver Tree topping delivers ugly results BY BRUCE HELLERICK 40 A Cut Above Pacheco Brothers Gardening Hayward CA BY DANIEL G JACOBS COLUMNS 4 The Hall Mark BY RON HALL 20 The Benchmark BY KEVIN KEHOE 32 Best Practices BY BRUCE WILSON 52 Whits World BY MARTY WHITFORD IN EVERY ISSUE 50 Resources 51 Classifieds LMdirect The Sustainable Sites Initiative holds the potential to profoundly impact our professional landscaping industry Athletic Turf News Professionals who manage parks and sports fi elds now are expected to maintain them in an environmentally responsible manner LD B Solutions More than ever clients want to see genuine value in everything they spend money on We need to be able to show them exactly how they are getting great value Get Growing Landscapers can benefi t from knowing the ins and outs of their garden center partners FEATURES 6 Carrots and sticks Most businesses have star employees and underperformers Each must be managed differently BY MARTY WHITFORD DANIEL G JACOBS 42 Sink or swim time Irrigation Show speakers say our water use policies and practices must change rapidly and drastically to support our blue planets projected population boom to 9 billion people by 2050 BY MARTY WHITFORD 44 Back to school Agrium Advanced Technologies Green Industry Grad School offers lawn care professionals education along with relaxation BY DANIEL G JACOBS 46 Joint Success Sprouts 1st joint Lawn Care Summit helps PLANET and NPMA educate professionals and explore myriad shared growth opportunities BY DANIEL G JACOBS

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